Video Poker is a popular game that is able to be enjoyed in casinos all over the globe, or in your house on your home computer, using a web connection. The rules are very straightforward and involve the player attempting to achieve the best mixture of cards achievable in order to come away with cash. On this account it is very similar as a classic game of poker, apart from the involvement with any other players. Of course, methods used in a physical game of poker, such as tricking, will be irrelevant in Video Poker.
The game of Electronic Poker begins when the bettor inserts credits (whether it is tokens, credit slips or money) into the machine and pushes the play button. A hand of 5 cards will then be "distributed" on the screen.
The Video Poker game also has hold buttons, and players should now pick which cards to keep and which to throw away. For the cards the player wishes to keep, the ‘hold’ buttons should be pressed so that they light up. The player can choose to keep any number of cards they want, whether it is all or none.
After the gambler has selected which cards she would like to retain, they should press ‘deal’, which will mean that any fresh cards are dealt if desired. The hand is now finished, with the Video Poker machine analyzing the cards to see if it matches any of the winning hands listed in the pay out schedule.
Normally, the lowest succeeding hand on a Video Poker machine is a pair of jacks with the award money increasing for each better hand. A common list of winning hands starts with jacks or better, moving on to 2 pairs, three of a kinds, straights, flushes, full houses, four of a kinds, straight flushes and finally royal flushes. It goes without saying that the payout schedule can change from machine to machine, so that knowledgeable enthusiasts are able to select the most profitable game each and every instance.
As soon as the initial round has played out, the player can either choose to continue on and try to to increase their winnings, or they can press the ‘collect’ button to retrieve any cash that they may have won. Further, several styles of the game give the player a chance to increase their wins, in which case another round is played. There are also variations between specific machines, with some virtual decks including wild cards and other differing characteristics to increase playability.